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There is a good 35% of the population that’s been in a frustrated apoplexy sine January of 2009. It started with Rick Santelli and it flourished as the Tea Party. There has been a thin veneer over the blatant racism of the Republicans, the birthers, and the Tea Party for four years.

@Adirondackwannabe
”And John Sununu wasn’t serious when he said Collin Powell only endorsed Obama because they’re both black.”
The cons on sodahead certainly are serious when they say that. In fact, they say that about all blacks who vote for Obama. And of course only if you vote for Romney are you a non-racist black.
So of course racism is a factor in the elections.
The entire birther nonsense is nothing but.

@DrBill What racism are you speaking of? What trough? The Democrats have not called out any imaginary racism, it’s pretty much out there. Are you saying Sarah Palin’s remark was not race tinged? Donald Trump’s birther statements? Orly Taitz’s four years of continuous lawsuits? Repeated Republican “oh it’s just a joke, they’re so sensitive” pictures of watermelons and white face Obama caricatures and monkey references?

Racism is alive and well and living in Red states, and evident in blue states too.

majority of Americans express “explicit anti-black views” — even if they don’t realize their prejudices. The poll showed 51 percent of Americans expressed such views — up from 48 percent before Obama took office

yes, I read it, my comment was more aimed at the few who took the opportunity to wage an attack rather than address the question. Unfortunately racism is alive and well in this country, and will remain rampant until it is no longer promoted by everyone.

I speak of the same racism you are, except I am aware that because a person is racist, it does not make them republican. They could just as easy be democrat or independent, or green, or any other group. A racist is a racist, period.

Racism is very real in the United States, despite the fact that overt racism was outlawed in the 60’s. The right-wing conservative Republicans & the Tea Party members are very racist & Congress vowed early on (after Obama was elected) to get him out of office no matter what they had to do. They display their racism by overt actions against undocumented immigrants & their minions (the various Law Enforcement agencies) practice racial profiling on a regular basis. It is clear that racism has not faded from the conservative element in politics.

I think republicans would hate Obama just as much if he were a white guy, but because he is black democrats see any and all opposition to him as being blatant racism. I’m sure there are places in America that are very racist still, and if it does crossover into politics, it’s only a very, very small %.

@cheebdragon I hope you’re right. And I do not have any personal experience with anti Obama racism. But I read news stories from the South and from certain groups of people, and it seems like the fact that he’s Black makes it worse.

The whole birther thing seems very racist. If he were white and his grandparents were from Kenya, I don’t believe there would be this fight. In addition, there’s the Muslim thing and his radical black Christian pastor thing. People use these things as code words to talk about blackness, and to appeal to people’s natural mistrust of others who do not look like them. It’s subtle in some cases, although it is probably pretty blatant in other cases.

@cheebdragon Do you see the impact of those two examples? Do you see why they probably wouldn’t exist if Obama were white?

So 4 years ago the majority of Americans voted for a black president, but have since then decided that they don’t really like African Americans or Hispanics, after all? Seems legit…~

Funny how AP didn’t actually mention the questions that were asked in the poll. Or the fact that there were several questions asked this year that weren’t even asked 4 years ago, leaving little room for any increase. If you read the entire poll you will see how misleading the article was. I wonder why they didn’t mention that there was a higher number of democrats participating in the poll this year…..

Yes, @cheebdragon, that’s exactly what the study is saying. Here is the actual academic analysis of the poll.

In summary, the study found:

According to both explicit and implicit measures of racial attitudes, it appears that the Obama Administration has not been a time of decline in anti‐Black attitudes in America. Indeed, these data suggest that anti‐Black attitudes have become slightly more prevalent over those years, especially during the last two years.

It’s very misleading to say that the majority of Americans are racist, when in fact the majority of only 1,071 Americans answered “Neither like nor dislike” to almost every fucking question in the poll.

Wow, @DrBill! You’re logic is so breathtakingly convoluted, that you have won the argument. I can’t make head nor tail of what you are saying, and thus can’t refute you. Hats off. You’re a wonder. Do me a favor though. Let me know when you are coming near, so I can stay far enough away for you not to sell me a bridge I don’t really want.

But I’d love to be a fly on the wall when you’re trying to sell yourself something.

Probably not, sheeple don’t know how to change their mind. He was only looking for people to agree with him, otherwise he wouldn’t have been so quick to try and shoot down any opposition. Ask questions because you want opinions, not because you want to know that everyone has the same view as you. Save that shit for Facebook, not everyone on fluther is a mindless idiot who believes the first thing they are told.

“If you’re white, and you aren’t racist, then you will vote for Obama. If you are racist, you’ll vote for the white guy, no matter what he stands for.There. I said it.”How could you have possibly learned that from republicans? Have republicans been calling themselves racist? I highly doubt they are calling democrats racist for voting for obama. Maybe you should think that through again…

@bkcunningham I’m really confused. Why would she use a study that is not worth the pixels it is made out of, according to your link. What am I missing here? The article completely debunks the study. Yet she was citing the study, or so I thought. Maybe I misunderstood.